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POPS20 Words That Spam Filters Kill 
have two choices when it comes to beating the filters. One is to avoid using these words and phrases altogether. .. hard to do second choice is to disguise these words and phrases in clever ways by inserting keyboard symbols within them and/or replacing a letter in them with a symbol. The trick is not to make it too cryptic...use "fr*ee" for free.. the points this tactic costs, penalize's you much less than using the words and phrases themselves. It's not a perfect solution. It's a great idea to test how YOUR e-zine stacks up before you send it out. The good news is you can do this for FREE. Lyris' Content Checker (http://www.lyris.com/contentchecker/) tells you how your e-zine ranks in Spam Assassin. All you do is copy your e-zine text and paste it into the box on their site..report will tell you exactly which words are costing you points. you should only be concerned if your score is over 5 points. If so, you can either delete those words or disguise them